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2025-2026 Russian National Jumping Championships

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2026 Russian National Jumping Championships

Date:
31 January - 1 February 2026
Venue: Navka Arena, Moscow, Russia

Current local time in Moscow, Russia (UTC+3)
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Schedule:

14.00, Saturday, 31 January

Men, Quarterfinals
Women, Quarterfinals
Duos, Finals

14.00 Sunday, 1 February
Pairs, Semi-Finals and Finals
Men, Semi-Finals
Women, Semi-Finals
Men, Finals
Women, Finals
 
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Official Entries

MenWomenPairsDuos
Matvei VetluginKamila ValievaYulia Artemieva & Alexei BryukhanovMark Kondratiuk & Kamila Valieva
Artur DanielianAlisa DvoeglazovaAleksandra Boikova & Dmitrii KozlovskiiMakar Ignatov & Alexandra Ignatova
Vladislav DikidzhiMaria ElisovaAnastasia Mishina & Aleksandr GalliamovEvgeni Semenenko & Sofia Muravieva
Makar IgnatovMaria ZakharovaAnastasia Mukhortova & Dmitry EvgenyevVladislav Dikidzhi & Maria Zakharova
Mark KondratiukAlexandra IgnatovaElizaveta Osokina & Artem GritsaenkoAndrei Mozalev & Alisa Dvoeglazova
Gleb LutfullinSofia MuravievaEkaterina Chikmareva & Matvei IanchenkovMatvei Vetlugin & Anna Frolova
Andrei MozalevKamilla Nelyubova
Roman SavosinDaria Sadkova
Nikita SarnovskiyAnna Frolova
Evgeni SemenenkoDina Khusnutdinova
Nikolay Ugozhaev
Grigory Fedorov
 
Regulations

Prize pool (RUB)

Individual event and duos

1) 1 000 000
2) 500 000
3) 250 000

Special prizes
For the best element score
Pairs
Throw - 250 000
Twist - 250 000
Singles (separate prizes for women and men)
Combo/sequence of two jumps - 125 000
Combo/sequence of no more than three jumps - 125 000
Combo/sequence of no more than five jumps - 125 000

General rules
The individual event is held in women's singles, men's singles and pair skating. The invited athletes are determined by the organisers.
The draw will be held on January 30, 2026.
In each round, participants compete against each other in performing a given set of jumping elements.
Elements are scored according to the ISU judging system. Each participant's scores are totalled throughout the rounds.
After each round, participants with lowest total scores are eliminated.
Participants with the most points for the elements advance to the next round.

The organisers reserve the right to amend and/or clarify these regulations prior to the draw of the competition.

Individual Event
The countdown (stopwatch) starts immediately after the end of the announcement of a participant's name.
In case of equality of points between 2 or more athletes, a jump-off is done. Athletes perform any other combination or sequence of no more than two jumps (Euler is not a jump). An athlete who scores a higher amount of points for the combination or sequence takes the higher place in the final table.

Pair skating

RoundElementsNumber of attemptsTime for executionAmount of pairs advancing to the next round
1/2 finalsOne twist
One combo/sequence of no more than two jumps (Euler is a jump).
One throw (any)
No more than one attempt is allowed for each element, except for quad elements for which two attempts are allowed.1 minute 30 seconds, and 30 seconds for an additional attempt.3
FinalOne twist
One combo/sequence of no more than three jumps (Euler is a jump)
Two different throws
No more than one attempt is allowed for each element, except for the quad elements for which two attempts are allowed.1 minute 45 seconds, and 30 seconds for an additional attempt.

Single skating

RoundElementsNumber of attemptsTime for executionAmount of skaters advancing to the next round
1/4 finalsTwo different solo jumps
One combo/sequence of no more than two jumps (Euler is not a jump)
No more than two attempts are allowed for each element.1 minute 15 seconds6
1/2 finalsOne solo jump
One combo/sequence of no more than two jumps (Euler is not a jump)
One combo/sequence of no more than three jumps (Euler is not a jump)

The solo jump and the first jump of one of the combinations/sequences must be different.
No more than two attempts are allowed for each element.1 minute 30 seconds3
FinalTwo solo jumps
One combo/sequence of no more than two jumps (Euler is not a jump)
One combo/sequence of no more than five jumps (Euler is not a jump)

The solo jump and the first jump of one of the combinations/sequences must be different.
No more than two attempts are allowed for each element.2 minutes

Duos
The Duos event is held among single skaters.
Six duos take part in the competition.
Each duo consists of one female single skater and one male single skater.
Invited skaters and duos compositions are determined by the organisers.
Starting order in Round 1 is determined by the draw. The draw will be held on January 30, 2026.
In Rounds 2 and 3, skaters perform elements in reverse order from their current placement.
Duos take in a competition of three rounds with various jumping elements.
Each member of the duo is required to participate in one of the individual rounds of the event.
Elements are scored according to the ISU judging system. Pair jumping elements are scored according to pair skating rules.
Each duo's scores are totalled throughout the rounds.
Duo with the most total points wins.
The organisers reserve the right to amend and/or clarify these regulations prior to the draw of the competition.

RoundElementsTime for execution
Solo jumps and combosEach skater in a duo performs two solo jumps.
All four jumps must be different, two of them must be triple, and the other two must be quadruple.

Each skater in a duo performs one combo/sequence of two jumps (Euler is not a jump). A duo may perform no more than one sequence.
2 minutes 30 second (1 minute 15 seconds for each skater in a duo)
Side-by-side jumpsTwo different side-by-side solo jumps.1 minute
Side-by-side combosSide-by-side combo/sequence of no more than two jumps (Euler is not a jump).
SIde-by-side combo/sequence of no more five two jumps (Euler is not a jump).
A duo may perform no more than one sequence.The first jumps of combos or sequence must be different.
1 minute 15 second
 
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I'm planning to watch it from the stands for the first time.

Regarding the regulations. I like that they kept last year's system because it seems the most fair and reasonable.

But I don't like that the event is now held only for a small number of invited athletes. I miss that event when literally any athlete could take part in the qualification.

The team event seems to have outlived its usefulness for various reasons. I like the idea of a duo format more than randomly composed teams. There are no duo event regulations at the moment but they promised to post it soon.
 
I'm planning to watch it from the stands for the first time.

Regarding the regulations. I like that they kept last year's system because it seems the most fair and reasonable.

But I don't like that the event is now held only for a small number of invited athletes. I miss that event when literally any athlete could take part in the qualification.

The team event seems to have outlived its usefulness for various reasons. I like the idea of a duo format more than randomly composed teams. There are no duo event regulations at the moment but they promised to post it soon.
Agree. I also wish they still allowed juniors. It would probably double the intrigue. A gold then would be truly prestigious.
 
Why is that you think?
There aren't too much ways to create teams. And all of them lead to non-balanced event. For example, last year there were many complaints on the Russian social media about St Petersburg team being much more balanced the the Moscow one. If the teams are just random/seeded that's basically Channel One Cup number two.

Duos are interesting because athletes can team up with anyone they want, and they can prepare with that person in advance. It's much more like a team.
 
Official Entries

MenWomenPairsDuos
Matvei VetluginKamila ValievaYulia Artemieva & Alexei BryukhanovMark Kondratiuk & Kamila Valieva
Artur DanielianAlisa DvoeglazovaAleksandra Boikova & Dmitrii KozlovskiiMakar Ignatov & Alexandra Ignatova
Vladislav DikidzhiMaria ElisovaAnastasia Mishina & Aleksandr GalliamovEvgeni Semenenko & Sofia Muravieva
Makar IgnatovMaria ZakharovaAnastasia Mukhortova & Dmitry EvgenyevVladislav Dikidzhi & Maria Zakharova
Mark KondratiukAlexandra IgnatovaElizaveta Osokina & Artem GritsaenkoAndrei Mozalev & Alisa Dvoeglazova
Gleb LutfullinSofia MuravievaEkaterina Chikmareva & Matvei IanchenkovMatvei Vetlugin & Anna Frolova
Andrei MozalevKamilla Nelyubova
Roman SavosinDaria Sadkova
Nikita SarnovskiyAnna Frolova
Evgeni SemenenkoDina Khusnutdinova
Nikolay Ugozhaev
Grigory Fedorov
I will definitely tune in.
Is this the first time that we will see a married couple (that isn't in pairs or ice dance) compete in the same event?
 
There aren't too much ways to create teams. And all of them lead to non-balanced event. For example, last year there were many complaints on the Russian social media about St Petersburg team being much more balanced the the Moscow one. If the teams are just random/seeded that's basically Channel One Cup number two.

Yes, it's true, last year the situation was not ideal. It already started off by the decision to form teams based on cities, St Petersburg vs Moscow, when the tournament was in St Petersburg, so giving a kind of unfair home advantage to one of the parties, which on top of it was clearer a much stronger team. And then, if I remember correctly, rules were changed mid-event, there was a somewhat polemic judging decision on Moscow's last jump which ended-up impacting the result, and another somewhat "contentious" point about St Petersburg deciding to jump only doubles for their last jump, which could be seen as "less than sportsmanlike" in the context. And you could indeed see that the ambiance went sour at the end at the rink.

But I think it's a shame if these organizational mishaps put an end to the team event. I like team competitions in general because even if it's not a real team in the sense that you're just adding up individual results, the mood between the skaters is different and there is usually a team spirit between them, they actively support each other which is nice to see. Even last year, with all its shortcomings, I enjoyed the team event. Moscow put in a hell of a lot of effort and guts to fight despite the hopeless situation from the start, and they made it surprisingly competitive, to the point where you ended-up feeling bad for them to lose under the circumstances. It was exciting to watch.... just look how much I remember about it even a year later! 🤣 much, much more than for so many other tournaments 😁

Let's see how the duets work, I'm all for trying new things. Guess the point will be for them to perform all parallel jumps? You're right that in that case, it will be more of a team technically, and this seems reinforced by the fact that the duets were formed with skaters training in the same group (except for Vlad and Masha, which I guess are the odd case out that confirms the rule 🙂).
 
And then, if I remember correctly, rules were changed mid-event
They added challenges but they always existed in the regulations. They just weren't detailed.

about St Petersburg deciding to jump only doubles for their last jump
According to the backstage, Gleb didn't hear what he was told to jump.

In fact, there was a strange situation. Gleb said he wasn't feeling well and couldn't perform quads. Why not just jump triples? They only needed a few points. However, Liza still encouraged him to attempts quads and he fell on his first attempt.

Guess the point will be for them to perform all parallel jumps?
I've added duos regulations.
 
Kamila's participation is not in vain. 4T already:

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She might just win the entire event. This would be unprecedented.

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One of the greatest feats in the history of figure skating. She hasn't jumped this since that incredible Olympic season where she obliterated every record. I never saw her jumping it training videos or anywhere.

Then out of nowhere at age 19, when all the top female skaters in the world are barely rotating a triple and couldn't jump a 3-3 combo in the second half of a free skate to save their life, Kamila jumps a 4-3 combo. Not to she does not have body proportions or height at age 19 suitable for jumping quads you generally need to be tiny like a Mao Shimada, and even then Shimada has never had a stable quad, let alone a quad combo.

The best she could do at age 16 was a 4T-2T or 4T-2A.
 
She might just win the entire event. This would be unprecedented.

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Saw this on tiktok or insta and legit thought it was a 3T-eu-3S. Because in my mind she can't be jumping a quad after all this time.

I also saw Trusova's 3Lz-3Lo. She doesn't look like someone who gave birth a few months ago.
 
Draw (starting orders for first rounds)

1. Vladislav Dikidzhi
2. Makar Ignatov
3. Nikita Sarnovskiy
4. Evgeni Semenenko
5. Matvei Vetlugin
6. Artur Danielian
7. Grigory Fedorov
8. Mark Kondratiuk
9. Andrei Mozalev
10. Roman Savosin
11. Gleb Lutfullin
12. Nikolay Ugozhaev

1. Daria Sadkova
2. Alisa Dvoeglazova
3. Kamilla Nelyubova
4. Maria Elisova
5. Kamila Valieva
6. Maria Zakharova
7. Alexandra Ignatova
8. Sofia Muravieva
9. Anna Frolova
10. Dina Khusnutdinova

1. Matvei Vetlugin & Anna Frolova
2. Vladislav Dikidzhi & Maria Zakharova
3. Makar Ignatov & Alexandra Trusova
4. Mark Kondratiuk & Kamila Valieva
5. Andrei Mozalev & Alisa Dvoeglazova
6. Evgeni Semenenko & Sofia Muravieva

1. Ekaterina Chikmareva & Matvei Ianchenkov
2. Aleksandra Boikova & Dmitrii Kozlovskii
3. Yulia Artemieva & Alexei Bryukhanov
4. Anastasia Mishina & Aleksandr Galliamov
5. Anastasia Mukhortova & Dmitry Evgenyev
6. Elizaveta Osokina & Artem Gritsaenko
 
Trusova stepped out on her 4Lz, but this is seriously impressive. I have no doubt that Trusova will have stabilised that 4Lz by test skates next season. Valieva with a 4-3 combo at nearly age 20, Trusova at 21.5 with a 4Lz, this a monumental leap forward in the sport.

It was a big enough leap forward the last Olympic cycle but people could always brush it off as they were 15 and 17 year olds, they are children, they will lose it when they are adults. So it was kind of dismissed, then the age rule come in, so everyone was like we'll never have to worry about these quad skaters again.

Then Valieva sitting on the bench for two years, nearly age 20, having not restored any of her Olympic season jumps in the subsequent two seasons pulls a 4-3 combo out of the hat. She was 15 when she last jumped that 4-3 combo. This is insane! Then here comes Trusova 6 months after giving birth, still breastfeeding, a 4Lz (that will be stablisied it's only a matter of time if she can rotate it already).

Even if Russian women are banned for the next 4 years, the domestic Russian seasons are going to be incredible. Dzepka coming to seniors next season too.

Russian women's skating is great again!
 
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